¹Zvino Mweya unoreva zvakajeka kuti panguva dzekupedzisira vamwe vachatsauka parutendo, vachiteerera mweya inonyengera nedzidziso dzemadhimoni,

¹But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,

²paunyepedzeri vachireva nhema, vakapiswa pahana dzavo nedare rinopisa,

²through the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron;

³vachidzivisa kuwanana, kurega chimwe chikafu Mwari chaakasikwa kuti chigamuchirwe nekuvonga nevanotenda vanoziva chokwadi.

³forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

⁴Nekuti chose chisikwa chaMwari chakanaka, uye hakuna chingafanira kurashwa kana chichigamuchirwa nekuvonga;

⁴For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with thanksgiving.

⁵Nekuti chinoitwa chitsvene neshoko raMwari nemunyengetero.

⁵For it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.

⁶Kana uchiyevudzira hama zvinhu izvi, uchava mushumiri wakanaka waJesu Kristu, wakafundwa namashoko erutendo needzidziso yakanaka, yaunotevera.

⁶If you instruct the brothers of these things, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which you have followed.

⁷Asi urambe ngano dzakaipa nedzechembere. Uzvirovedze pauMwari.

⁷But refuse profane and old wives’ fables. Exercise yourself toward godliness.

⁸Nekuti kurovedza muviri kunobatsira zvishoma, asi uMwari hunobatsira pazvinhu zvose, zvahune chivimbiso cheupenyu hwazvino nehwunouya.

⁸For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which is to come.

⁹Shoko iri rakatendeka, rinofanirwa nekugamuchirwa kose.

⁹This saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance.

¹⁰Nekuti naizvozvo isu tose tinoshanda nesimba, nekushorwa, nekuti tinovimba naMwari mupenyu, unova Muponesi wevanhu vose, zvikuru waavo vanotenda.

¹⁰For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we have set our trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.

¹¹Raira zvinhu izvi udzidzise:

¹¹Command and teach these things.

¹²Kusava nemunhu unozvidza uduku hwako, asi uve muenzaniso wevanotenda, pashoko pamufambiro, parudo, paMweya, parutendo, nepautsvene.

¹²Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

¹³Kusvikira ndasvika, ngwarira pakuverenga, pakuraira nepadzidziso.

¹³Until I come, pay attention to reading, to exhortation, and to teaching.

¹⁴Usashaya hanya nechipo chiri mauri, chawakapiwa nechiporofita, nokuiswa maoko eutariri.

¹⁴Don’t neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the elders.

¹⁵Funganya pamusoro pezvinhu izvi, uzvipe nemoyo wose kwazviri, kuti kupfuurira mberi kwako kuonekwe kune vose.

¹⁵Be diligent in these things. Give yourself wholly to them, that your progress may be revealed to all.

¹⁶Uzvichenjerere iwe nedzidziso. Urambire pazviri, nekuti mukuita izvi, uchazviponesa iwe nevanokunzwa.

¹⁶Pay attention to yourself, and to your teaching. Continue in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.